PARABOLOID is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. PARABOLOID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PARABOLOID?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PARABOLOID is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PARABOLOID
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
paraboloidsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PARABOLOID scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in PARABOLOID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PARABOLOID has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PARABOLOID mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A solid or surface formed by rotating a parabola around its axis, or any surface with parabolic cross-sections.
Satellite dishes and car headlight reflectors are shaped like a paraboloid because it gathers parallel rays to a single focus. Mathematicians also study saddle-shaped versions with different cross-sections.
How PARABOLOID is used
Used in geometry and engineering, where a paraboloid may be elliptic or hyperbolic.
- The dish is a paraboloid that focuses signals on one point.
- Rotate the curve to generate a paraboloid.
- A hyperbolic paraboloid is shaped like a saddle.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PARABOLOID and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PARABOLOID
2 longer words begin with PARABOLOID.
Shorter words from the letters in PARABOLOID
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Common questions about PARABOLOID
- Is PARABOLOID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PARABOLOID, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PARABOLOID worth?
- PARABOLOID is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PARABOLOID mean?
- A solid or surface formed by rotating a parabola around its axis, or any surface with parabolic cross-sections.
- What letters can be added to PARABOLOID?
- PARABOLOID takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of PARABOLOID:
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